Discover more about Birnbeck Pier as part of next month's FREE Heritage Open Days 📢 The events will be taking place between Friday 11 and Sunday 20 September - please note some sessions must be booked in advance. 🔗 Find out more at https://orlo.uk/9ZzQk

Weston-super-Mare's trees and green spaces are being celebrated after the Weston Tree and Plant Group successfully secured international accreditation for the town’s new Community Arboretum 🌳 💚 🔗 Find out more at https://orlo.uk/mR3hn

Thousands of young people across North Somerset have taken part in the award-winning #BluntTruth knife crime prevention programme in the last year 🙏 ℹ️ Find out more at https://orlo.uk/XCf7z

More than £44,000 worth of illegal tobacco products have been seized in North Somerset following a multi-agency operation targeting criminality and exploitation 🚬 🔗 Find out more by reading the full story at https://orlo.uk/pO7HX

Do you love gardening, composting or living sustainably? 🌱 We're looking for local people to train as master composters! You'll help inspire others to reduce waste, save money and make the most of their food scraps and gardens. Find out more at https://orlo.uk/CFu7K

Dangerous and anti-social driving will not be tolerated in North Somerset ⚠️ We're working with Avon and Somerset Police to tackle issues including anti-social behaviour, dangerous driving, excessive noise and unauthorised car meets to help keep residents safe. 🔗 More https://orlo.uk/igTeU

Following the sad death of Cllr Terry Porter, a by election will take place on Thursday 10 September in Hutton and Locking ward to elect one councillor. 🔗 Find out more, including key dates, at https://orlo.uk/zhRdM

A new Chairperson and Vice-chairperson were elected at our Annual Council meeting this week, and some changes to our Cabinet were announced ℹ️ 📢 Read the full story at https://orlo.uk/OTZSt

Councillors have voted to support us joining the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) 📢 In agreeing the recommendations, councillors supported that our council Leader and WECA submit the formal proposal for our membership to government. 🔗 https://orlo.uk/zARwj

We're progressing with plans for Live Nation to operate the iconic Tropicana in Weston-super-Mare 📣 Last night, councillors voted to progress the 25-year lease agreement with Live Nation subject to further conditions, following the venue’s major refurbishment. 🔗 https://orlo.uk/60kTX

Councillors meet at 6pm tomorrow (Tues 12 May) 👀 First is a reconvened meeting with discussion and decision about the new operator for the Tropicana in Weston. Then it's the Annual Council meeting, which will include a vote on on us joining the West of England Combined Authority (WECA).

Happy Somerset Day 2026! 💛 ❤️ It was on this date in 878 that Alfred the Great gathered ‘all the people of Somerset’ and marched with them against the invading Viking army. May 11 is now an annual celebration of Somerset, its residents, businesses and communities. #SomersetDay

New monitoring results show that the Long Ashton Bypass bus priority scheme is making a real difference for passengers across North Somerset - helping make bus travel a more attractive and dependable option for thousands of people 🚍 ✅ 🔗 https://orlo.uk/DA7ZN

Get ready to 🎵 walk this May! 🎵 North Somerset Walk Fest officially kicks off tomorrow (Friday 1 May), celebrating all things walking! 🧑‍🦽🚶 There’s a fantastic programme of events happening through the month, with most activities completely FREE! 🔗 https://orlo.uk/RIXPc

We're delighted to announce A1 Camera Club as our official photographic partner for the Birnbeck Pier restoration project! 🤝 🫶 📸 Our new partnership gives this group of local photographers exclusive access to the project. 🔗 https://orlo.uk/Bkimt

Our Cabinet meet at 2.30pm tomorrow (Wednesday 29 April) and you can watch live on our YouTube channel 📱 🎥 👀 The agenda includes: ⚖️ An update on our budget and financial situation 🏊 A commissioning plan for our leisure management contract 👀 Watch at https://orlo.uk/s7KK5

29 businesses from Portishead and Portbury have secured funding to grow, innovate and protect jobs! 🎉 🚀 Grants ranging from £500 to £10,000 were available to a wide range of applicants, including businesses, start-ups, sole traders and social enterprises. 🔗 https://orlo.uk/WWkvO

North Somerset construction students are getting hands-on experience at Birnbeck Pier in Weston-super-Mare thanks to a partnership we’ve created with Weston College 🙌👷 📰 Read the full story at https://orlo.uk/jslC1

Our councillors meet tomorrow evening at 6pm (Tuesday 21 April) and you can watch live 👀 🔗 See the full agenda and read the reports which will be discussed at the meeting by going to https://orlo.uk/zprVK 👀 Stream the meeting live or watch back later at https://orlo.uk/Fk79B

Whenever we build, we ask our construction partners to make strong commitments to create new jobs and support employment opportunities - helping local people 🏗️ 👷 Vince lives in Weston and now works on the Banwell bypass, a role that's helped him back into work. 🔗 https://orlo.uk/OS8tk

More than 99% of children have been offered a place at one of their preferred primary schools! 🏫 🙏 Our school admissions team received 1,993 on-time applications for primary school places to start school this September. 🔗 https://orlo.uk/6xP3J

We’ve received an additional £62,120 for further restoration of #BirnbeckPier in Weston-super-Mare 🙌 The funding's been awarded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Heritage at Risk Capital Fund, delivered by Historic England. 🔗 https://orlo.uk/t9mNC

Breaking news….World class events organiser Live Nation could become the Tropicana's new operator! 🎭 🎤 🤩 Councillors will consider a report and vote on recommendations when they meet next Tuesday (21 April). 🔗 https://orlo.uk/ncp6J

Have your say on planned improvements to the Golden Valley Bridleway in Nailsea 💬 📣 We're proposing upgrades to a much loved section of the bridleway to make it safer, more accessible and more enjoyable for everyone who uses it 🚴 🧑‍🦽 🚶 Take part at https://orlo.uk/XqmNl

Local devolution is taking another major step forward with Portishead Town Council set to manage key local community spaces 📣 We want to give more control over local spaces and services to the communities who use and value them the most, and know them the best. 🔗 https://orlo.uk/xHGBn

ICYMI....the miniature railway is returning to the Salthouse Fields in Clevedon! 🚂 🤩 Following a robust, competitive process, we’ve selected The Coles Family as the new operator to restore and run the Rio Grande miniature railway, and develop new facilities. 🔗 https://orlo.uk/BIwYv

Tackling unauthorised airport parking ✅ We’ve stepped up action on problematic and unauthorised parking around Bristol Airport - and it’s making a difference. 🔗 Read the full story at https://orlo.uk/kOaoo

Kids Go Free is back for Easter so under 16s can hop on the bus for FREE! 🚍 Children across North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol and South Gloucestershire can enjoy free bus travel this Easter, from Friday 3 (Good Friday) to Sunday 19 April.

Breaking news - the UK Government has announced an extra £19m for Birnbeck Pier! 🤩 This is a game changing amount of money and it means we've now secured over £44m in external funding to deliver our Birnbeck restoration project! 📰 Read the full story at https://orlo.uk/2MNO4

National Offer Day took place earlier this week and nearly every young person in North Somerset was offered a secondary school place at one of their top three choices 🙏 99.23% of the 2,453 children applying were offered their first, second or third choice school. 🔗 https://orlo.uk/Dca3Q